Of News & Curation of Truth
Curation of high-quality, reliable content has never been more important — or harder. Our universal “truths” are increasingly divergent, co-relating to where we live, our peer influencers, and our daily content diets.
How Good A Deal Is That?
In an old Granta piece, Fanny Britt reflects on being a writer staving off worry and existential dread.
Rewilding Your Attention
If you want to have wilder, curiouser thoughts, you have to avoid the industrial monocropping of big-tech feeds. You want an intellectual forest, overgrown with mushrooms and towering weeds and a massive dead log where a family of raccoons has taken up residence . . .
Freedom, As Distance
‘Because freedom, I am told, is the distance between the hunter and its prey.’ Ocean Vuong's new novel 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous' -- written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his mother -- is such a delight . . .
Who’s Leading The Conversations?
So often, as we discuss the crises facing us today—the climate, inequality, big tech, poor leadership—who gets to lead the discussions is at the root of the problem. As the UN General Assembly concludes in New York this week, I’m reminded of . . .
The Complex Emotions of 9/11
For me, 9/11 always brings up complex emotions. Yesterday, on its 20th anniversary, I inadvertently found myself in the blocks around Ground Zero in Manhattan. As I walked around, I thought about how this year felt particularly unsettling because . . .